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SERFDOM
Definition of SERFDOM
noun
The state of being a serf.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From serf + -dom.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SERF · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SERFDOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 116 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SERFDOM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEFMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found SERFDOM?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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